Learning Timeline
Key Insights
The 'Quiet Days' Logic
This system is highly efficient because if the AI detects no significant changes on the competitors' websites, you won't receive any notifications. This helps prevent inbox clutter and unnecessary interruptions.
Email vs. Push Notifications
While iMessage is currently unsupported, you can choose to receive reports directly via Email if you prefer managing tasks through your work inbox rather than a mobile app.
The Advantages of Perplexity Computer
Unlike standard chatbots, Perplexity Computer has access to coding tools to calculate time zones and can browse multiple competitor websites concurrently to fetch the freshest data.
Prompts
Competitor Monitoring Prompt
Target:
Perplexity Computer
Every morning at 8 a.m., check these five competitors websites for pricing changes, new feature announcements, and any new blog posts. Browse their actual websites, compares it with what I found yesterday. If anything has changed, send a summary with links. If nothing has changed, do not send any notification.
Step by Step
How to Set Up Automated Competitive Intel
- Open the Perplexity Computer interface and start a 'New Task'.
- Enter the list of competitors you want to monitor (e.g., podcast names or company website URLs).
- Instruct the AI to monitor specific elements like pricing changes, new feature announcements, recent blog posts, or activity on X.
- Set a task schedule (e.g., 'Every morning at 8 AM'). Perplexity will automatically convert your local time to UTC using code.
- Instruct the AI to perform a 'First Run' or an immediate check to view the first draft of the report.
- Review the report output to ensure the format and gathered information meet your preferences.
- Provide feedback to the AI if any information needs to be added or removed from the report format.
- Set the report delivery method to either 'Email' or 'Push Notification' via the Perplexity app.
